Matt, Matt, Matt… that was tacky. He might have been worshipping Melete’s fecund essence, but he was giving nightmares to Darwin & painting the images! That’s the only reason I can think of to have candles leading up the steps to Darwin’s bedroom. Jeeez.

I wonder which pic he’s looking at; it’s not either of the women; they’re propped up against the wall. I think he’d be getting creeped out if it was his own. Actually, now that he’s awake, he seems to have an eerie aplomb. Has Matt perhaps done this kind of thing before?

Whatever happens to Darwin, I hope he hooks up with Mina one more time first.

Seething a calf in milk is apparently part of a pagan rite, and “Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk” (Deuteronomy 14:21) a big slap in the face to Jehovah. Are they _trying_ to get Darwin deeper in the crap?

That depends on how many Gods truly exist in a mythology laden realm where there is an actual Muse from the Greek/Roman mythology who can be worshiped in order to receive actual legitimate inspiration. XD Not to mention, Karma and the Dali Lama isn’t a Christian thing if you’re getting really specific. I’d say there’s more than just Jehovah out there, given the details. It’s just likely there’s a lot of general overlap among various religions so the nitty-gritty only matters if you’re trying to appeal to a specific deity.

Which makes me wonder if Hell is more Christian (eternal punishment) or Buddhist (horrible punishment but only as long as it takes to rebalance your Karma): did the term of Darwin’s punishment ever come up in the comic?

He had the dreams before he opened the door and saw the paintings, so I imagine these were not mundane imaginings. Plus, y’know, the whole end-game thing. I think we’re going to see Darwin go to Hell coming up here soon. And I think that’s when the story’s going to begin.

The dreams might be simply the result of Matt and Melete’s worshipping hijinks and not have real prophetic value. But yeah, I think that they really are a foreshadowing of future plot developments of the hellish kind, and shit’s going to get seriously serious.